France air traffic chaos in numbers

The air traffic controllers strike in France against the European Union’s plans to create a single European airspace led to the cancellation of thousands of flights is over after two days and without resolution to the major issues. Intra-France flights and European flights took the biggest hit from the strike, while international flights were largely unaffected.*

Controllers were disputing the consolidation of Europe’s air traffic control system under a single authority due to concern that it could negatively impact public safety.

Here is a quick glimpse of departing flight cancellations from France by date:

Date

Flights Cancelled

Note

June 10

12

Before strike

June 11

783

Day one of strike

Jun2 12

955

Day 2 of strike

Most impacted countries were: (Flights are departing from country listed in table below with France as the destination)